Package-tie.



- PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

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PACKAGE TIE; APPLIOATIbN FILED NOV. 9,1907.

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H u w w s m r E p m R a u N E m WILLIAM E. FRIOKE, OF SUMPTER, OREGON.

PACKAGE-TIE Specification of Lettersv Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

Application filed November 9, 1907. Serial No. 401,502.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. FRI KE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sumpter, in the county of Baker and State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Backage-Ties, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improved device for binding togethera plurality of letters or similar individual members and holding thesame collectively in a package, the object of the invention being todesign a package tie of simple and inexpensive construction which can bereadily applied to the package or removed therefrom.

A further object of the invention is the.

provision of a device of this character which can be employed with equaleflicienoy in connection with various sizes of packages.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which: c

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the package tie applied. Fig. 2is a detail perspective view of the tie. Fig. 3 is a longi tudinalsectional view through the same. Fig. 4 is an end view of the tie.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Specifically describing the present embodiment of the invention thenumeral 1 designates the shank of the tie, the said shank being formedfrom asingle piece of Wire or similar material and having one endthereof looped to provide an eye 2 for engagement with a flexiblebinding cord 3 while the opposite end is returned upon itself in a planeat right angles to the eye to form the hook 4. A transverse strip 5 issecured at an intermediate point to the shank 1 at the returned endthereof by any suitable means as the solder 9, and is preferablydisposed at right angles to the shank. This strip 5 projects laterallyupon both sides of the shank and one extremity of the strip is returnedto form the enlargement 6 while the opposite extremity is returned toform the hook 7 disposed at right angles to the before mentioned hook 4.The flexible cord 3 is knotted to form a plurality of enlargements 8,any selected one of which is designed to engage with the hook 7 as willbe hereinafter more fully described.

In applying the package tie the shank 1 and transverse strip 5 areplaced against one face of the package at approximately the centralportion thereof and the flexible cord 3 wound. about the package. Afterbeing thus drawn around the package in one direc- -tion the saidflexible cord is passed through the hook 4 and drawn about the package asecond time, the extremity of the cord being drawn into engagement withthe hook 7 the enlargements 8 serving to prevent the cord from slippingthrough the said hook and thereby retaining the package tie securely inposition. In a reverse manner it will be readily apparent that bydisengaging the enlargement from the hook 7 the binding cord can bequickly unwound from the package and the package tie readily removedfrom position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is Theherein-described package tie comprising a shank formed of a single stripof material and having one end thereof looped while the opposite end isreturned to form a hook arranged in a plane at right angles to that ofthe loop, and a transverse strip secured to the hooked end of the shankand having one end thereof returned to form a second hook memberarranged at right angles to the first mentioned hook member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

W'ILLIAM E. FRICKE.

